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Find every sample. Connect it to the right data. Ask the next question.

Foundry120 brings biospecimens, clinical records, scientific data, and documents into one governed platform, with AI-assisted analysis over only the data each researcher is approved to use.

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In productionMUSIC studyPowering MUSIC and other active research studies →
35,000+biosamples tracked across active studies
1,500+participants across active studies
6+clinical studies and programmes
10+translational science projects supported
The problem

Translational research runs on disconnected evidence.

Samples in freezers and spreadsheets

Inventories are split across study databases, spreadsheets, and people's memory. Nobody knows what is left in the freezer.

Clinical data cut off from samples

Clinical and follow-up data sit in other systems. Linking a sample to its clinical history means manual exports and joins.

Scientific outputs stuck on hard drives

Sequencing files and processed outputs end up on laptops and shared drives. That works until the files get large and the people who made them move on.
The platform

From the freezer to the answer.

Foundry120 is built for research that spans several sites and disease areas.

01
Organise

Sample and study tracking

Track samples, participants, locations, and how each one has been used, across every study and site.
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02
Centralise

Research data

Hold imaging, spatial transcriptomics, and other large files in Azure. Ingest from external systems on a schedule.
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03
Accelerate

AI-assisted discovery

Ask a question in plain English. The platform runs the analysis on the data you are approved to see.
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Who it's for

Built for translational research teams and the institutions that support them.

For translational researchers

  • See whether the samples exist before you plan the experiment
  • Find each sample next to its clinical and scientific data
  • Keep large sequencing and assay files in one place

For institutions and research operations

  • Governed access: people and AI see only the data they are approved for
  • Audit trails for sample handling, data access, and AI queries
  • A common platform that can support studies across sites and disease areas
  • Full ownership of your data, exportable as CSV or file downloads at any time
In depth

Full platform walkthrough.

It started with our own studies.

Foundry120 came out of years of running multi-site IBD studies across Scotland, where sample inventories, clinical data, and results had to be lined up by hand. The platform is being extended to other domains including hepatology, oncology, and rheumatology.

Platform lead
Dr Shaun Chuah
Dr Shaun Chuah
Clinical Senior Research Fellow
Honorary Consultant Gastroenterologist
School of Infection and Immunity
University of Glasgow
Research group
The Gut Translational Research Group →

Led by Professor Gwo-Tzer Ho at the School of Infection and Immunity, University of Glasgow. The group runs MUSIC, miniMUSIC, MARVEL, and FATE-CD, and has worked in IBD translational research for more than 20 years.

Get in touch

Interested in using Foundry120, or exploring a research collaboration?

We’d be glad to hear from research groups and institutions exploring the platform, or holding data that has outgrown spreadsheets and shared drives.

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shaun.chuah@glasgow.ac.uk